Category Archives: Autism

we have been really struggling today. David stole two cell phones, two keys and a DSI from his family last night. Between the hours of 3 am and 4am. How do I know? Because that is when I was asleep. the keys are for locks in the house that we use to keep him out of things. One key we got back already. We also got back the phones and the DSI. Still constant behaviors. This morning he threw up his meds again. How do I know? He is still awake, and the medicine cocktail we gave him should have made him sleep. “I don’t have to listen to you.” This may not seem like a huge deal to most of my readers. But what if this same thing happens everyday. Sometimes two and three times a day. Related articles Lies and other fun stuff – life with a klepto

We have been struggling for two weeks with behaviors at home. David is having major issues with listening, with taking his meds as directed, with a lot of things. To the point where we hospitalized him. At this point, David is content to force himself to vomit his meds up every morning. This throws his whole day off. Why? He is on meds for ADHD, and mood stability. At night he is on meds to help him sleep. Without these meds, he is beyond uncontrollable. Our argument has always been that he needs the structure of school to be able to exist. On August 7th, we are meeting with our mediator and the school. There will be over 10 people at this meeting for our son. Things are escalating at home, and we aren’t entirely positive that he doesn’t need to live in a facility for care. He needs more

We purchased new phones this last weekend. Mr Fingers has managed to take cell phones from two members of the family. We try to ensure that the owner of the phone knows that it isn’t their fault that David (Mr Fingers) took their phone. It happens, nothing we have tried will prevent it. Tweet #fighting4answrs